The device has been in development and testing over a 10 year period. My original intention for developing the device was to remotely water young oak tree seedings to enhace their opportunity to survive summer months of minimal rain fall. Through continued design improvements it was found that the installed device reduced ground temperatures beyond the 24" footprint of the Solar Well. Reduced ground temperature will aid habitat restoration or habitat improvement. In the Owens Valley high desert environment east of the Sierra Nevada, the Solar Well significantly lowered the ground surface temperatures. They were reduced from 120° to 88° within the 5' radius of the device. Basically the capilary transport of moisture to the soil surface was extended to a 10' diameter plumb of focused evaporation around the device. The day time air temperatures during the Owens Valley test were 80° to 85°.

Because the engine powering the device is the sun's solar radiation, daily weather observations at the latest test site is recorded for analysis and correlation to the devices's water out put.